Selena Sun

I'm an engineer & researcher based in SF. Broadly, I care about making international affairs BIBO-stable.

Currently,

I work on agents for the DoD at a startup.
I lead AI research for nonproliferation monitoring at Stanford's CISAC, advised by Rose Gottemoeller and Dr. Amy Zegart.
I co-host an HAI affinity group on AI's effects on the labor market. Please reach out if you're interested in joining!

Previously,

I studied Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Philosophy at Stanford.
I co-founded Stanford's AUV team, where we compete in RoboSub and conduct marine research.
I raced triathlons and studied abroad at Oxford.

On the weekends, you can find me trail running in Marin, learning jazz piano, or looking at satellite imagery (North Korea in the fall is a lovely vermillion).

Selected Projects

Grants Search Engine | A semantic search engine for all of Stanford's distributed grant opportunities.
AI Editor | An editing tool for Bellingcat investigators, with Eoghan.
Rhea the Robot | One of the first voice-controlled LLM robots, with Gabrael.

Selected Research

3D Reconstruction of Underwater Features in Lake Tahoe with an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

Rohan Tan Bhowmik^*, Selena Sun^*, Elsa McElhinney, Vassilis Alexopoulos, Scott Hickmann, Felicie Hoffmann, Kai Song, Ryota Sato, Lawton Skaling, Angelina Krinos, Chisa Ogaki, Oussama Khatib* Equal Contribution